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Re: Org charts

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From: Maraikayar Prem Nawaz
Date: Aug 22, 2016 2:03AM

You can also try using SVG data points and tooltips.

On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 4:26 AM, Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Wow! Look at this one: http://codepen.io/siiron/pen/aLkdE
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> Behalf Of Jamous, JP
> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 3:14 PM
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> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Org charts
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> How about using a nice treeview layout rather than lists.
>
> With menu items you can code them so the screen reader can identify the
> hierarchical level. From there it becomes so easy to navigate through them
> using arrow keys.
>
> You can create your treeview using lists. You just use JavaScript to code
> the expand and collapse mechanisms.
>
> There are so many nice accessible samples on the web. They work out of the
> box without ARIA. I used a couple in the past. Unfortunately, I got rid of
> them because the ASP.NET treeview was all I needed.
>
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> Jean-Pierre Jamous
> Digital Accessibility Specialist & Developer UI Accessibility Team
>
> The only limitations in life are those we set for ourselves
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> Behalf Of Thompson, Rachel
> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 4:17 PM
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> Subject: [WebAIM] Org charts
>
> Hi, all.
>
> We have a large campus organization with lots of levels in their
> organization. They are building an org chart and want it to be accessible,
> web-based, not just an image or PDF. We suggested an unordered list, but it
> will likely have 5-6 levels of list hierarchy (does that make sense?) and
> they are concerned that it will be a jumbled mess for a screen reader user.
> Do you have any suggestions on good ways to do this? Any suggestions
> regarding how many list levels is acceptable?
>
> Thanks!
> Rachel
>
> Dr. Rachel S. Thompson
> Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Center for Instructional
> Technology the University of Alabama
> 123 Russell Hall
> Box 870248
> Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
> Phone 205-348-0216
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